While abandoned malls are spooky, shopping centers in their death throes are scary in a different way.

Regency Square Mall in Richmond, Virginia, is still open — but numerous storefronts have gone dark as retailers have closed their stores.

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The mall’s operators have attempted to cover up the closings by installing vending machines in boarded-up walls.

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The mall seems almost as empty as the closed malls.

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Roughly a third of shopping malls are at risk of dying off as a result of store closings, according to data from Green Street Advisors. When a mall loses an anchor store, like Sears, it can be nearly impossible to survive.